Category: Superminis 
Price Range: £9,845 to £14,145
Comfy ride, spacious in the front, cheap to buy and run, cheeky styling.
Limited rear room, tiny boot, SensoDrive gearbox; not as cute-looking or well-packaged as newer C1, or indeed, Renault Twingo.
Great value for money, as long as you don't bother spending out on the larger engines - 1.1 is a surprisingly good all-rounder. Feeling dated now, however.
Should be good. The C2's list price is cheap, and it then comes with cashback, discounting or free insurance, so even if residual (resale) value figures aren't brilliant, there's savings to be made. Insurance is from as low as group 1 for the 1.1, and shouldn't break the bank on any model. Fuel consumption is 48mpg on the 1.1, 46 on the 1.4, 45mpg on the 1.6 and an astonishing 69mpg on the HDI. Servicing costs are typically quite reasonable for Citroens too, so all-in the C2 should prove one of the most cost effective superminis to own.
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wrote on 12 08 2006
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